Study but don't cap online schools

Wisconsin State Journal Editorial:

An audit to help gauge how virtual schools are performing in Wisconsin is reasonable.

But slapping a cap on how many children can enroll in online schools is unnecessary and potentially harmful.

Gov. Jim Doyle 's last-minute demand for a cap threatens to ruin a solid bipartisan deal to keep these interesting schools going.

The governor should drop his veto threat, and the Legislature should give Doyle and the teachers union the audit they want.

That way, a dozen virtual schools in Wisconsin serving 3,500 students can stay open and expand if more parents choose to enroll their children.

Key state lawmakers recently put together compromise legislation to keep virtual schools going after a court ruling threatened to shut them down. A court ruled in December that the Wisconsin Virtual Academy, based in suburban Milwaukee, violates state laws controlling teacher certification, charter schools and open enrollment.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 25, 2008 11:41 PM
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